Paint Quotes - Page 10

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired.

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.

Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but to have it snubbed.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.

If painting weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.

That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.

The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him. Otherwise, his pictures will be like those folding screens behind which one expects to find only the sick or the dead.

Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

My paintings are only the ashes of my art

The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes.

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that.

Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It's not a big deal. It makes me happy.

Painting is a play of opacities and transparencies.

Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint.

I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.

If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting.

The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.

If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I'm sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.

I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!